Russia has concentrated 20,000-25,000 servicemen near Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast as part of an offensive to seize the strategic initiative and break through Ukrainian defenses.
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On the Chasiv Yar axis, the enemy has amassed a grouping of 20,000-25,000 servicemen
The enemy is currently trying to seize the strategic initiative and break through the Ukrainian defenses
The enemy has begun to actively deploy aviation for missile and bomb attacks both on Ukrainian positions and civilian infrastructure
The enemy has definitely not abandoned its goal, which is to advance to the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions
the Russians tried to break through Ukrainian defences 15 times near the settlements of Krasnohorivka, Heorhiivka, Paraskoviivka, Vodiane and Urozhaine (Donetsk Oblast)
Russian forces struck the Sloviansk Thermal Power Plant with five heavy artillery rockets, including four with cluster munitions, damaging several sites at the power plant
A Russian rocket strike on Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region killed two people and a drone attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv injured at least six, officials said Sunday.
A Ukrainian unit near Chasiv Yar retreated 2 km after losing more than 100 soldiers in positions that lacked adequate fortifications.
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